Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 52 Energy enhancement, nuclear?

In the cockpit, LED lights reflected on Wei Jiang's face and his eyes, shining brightly.

The manta ray submersible traveled at a depth of 20 meters, heading east along the river at a full speed of 40 knots!
Marks of varying sizes were displayed on the cockpit screen, most of them were aquatic fish, and of course there were also ships sailing at night at the top.

The battery power is still at 45%, and only Wei Jiang can feel the tranquility 20 meters below the water surface.

The manta ray submersible moved quickly through the river. The surrounding river fish were frightened by the big black creature and started to swim away by wagging their tails.

The roots of the wings of the manta ray submersible flashed red light and continuously spurted out torrents accompanied by dense bubbles. Occasionally, a river fish would swim through the wake created by the manta ray's navigation, and the fish's body would be instantly flipped over and over by a turbulent belt.

492km, the numbers on the red panel changed rapidly, getting closer and closer to the target number required for the mission.

Looking at the constantly changing environmental perception model on the display screen, Wei Jiang looked calm.

The manta ray sailed in the river at a very fast speed, and the river fish and ships detected by the sonar were quickly left behind by the submersible.

When Wei Jiang saw a tributary appear in the river ahead on the monitor, the red enhanced panel in front of him flashed red, and he loosened the control joystick in his hand.

500km reinforcement mission goal achieved!

【Product name: Manta Ray Submarine】

[Introduction: A small manned underwater submersible with electric drive, excellent navigation power, simple detection and communication capabilities, and can navigate within a range of 100 meters underwater. ]

[Enhancement level: 1 (can be enhanced)]

[Enhanced mission: Navigate 500km underwater, current mission progress 500km/500km.]

[The focus areas that can be enhanced include energy, power, environmental perception, submersible bearing strength, and intelligent control. Please make your choice.]

The display screen shows that the remaining battery power is 32%. Wei Jiang has calculated over the past few days that the submarine's full-charge cruising range is approximately 100km.

The 100km cruising distance obviously could not meet Wei Jiang's needs, so Wei Jiang had no choice but to drive the Wuling mini to charge the submersible every night.

Consistent with Wuling mini’s strengthening idea, Wei Jiang has only one choice for the direction of strengthening Manta Ray this time.

"Strengthen energy!"

At a depth of 20 meters, Wei Jiangren sat in the cockpit. As commands were given, blue arcs of light emerged from the surface of the Manta Ray submersible.

It was extremely dark at a depth of 20 meters at night. When blue arcs of light appeared around the manta ray submersible, the river fish that swam back to the submersible after the power was turned off were immediately disturbed again and ran away.

Wei Jiang saw a large number of arc lights flashing in various corners of the cockpit. Looking at the arc lights so close, and having experienced several enhancements, Wei Jiang was really curious about the nature of these arc lights and how they could complete the enhancement process that was almost inexplicable by science.

Driven by curiosity, Wei Jiang stretched out his right index finger and carefully touched the arc of light that flashed from time to time on the display in front of him.

As they got closer, Wei Jiang bit his lip and pointed his index finger across the arc of light.

"Hey~"

Wei Jiang showed a puzzled look on his face. He opened his right hand and used his entire palm to pass through the arc of light.

"There is no temperature, no current, what is the principle of this arc light?"

I stretched my hands to various parts of the cockpit and tried to touch the arc light, but I couldn't feel any change on my skin.

After trying several times, Wei Jiang's curiosity was not satisfied. When he couldn't find the answer and looked around, he was surprised to find the difference in this enhancement.

"The cockpit space has become larger?"

Wei Jiang opened his arms and used his limbs to measure the space around him. Originally, he couldn't stretch his arms at all, but now, after a while of strengthening, he can actually stretch his arms!
"The space inside the cabin is getting bigger!"

"Enhanced energy, why does the space inside the manta ray become larger?"
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When Wei Jiang was sitting in the driving seat of the manta ray and wondering, there was a boat sailing on the water 20 meters above.

A bulk carrier nearly 100 meters long sailed just above the Manta Ray submersible.

In the sailors' lounge of the bulk carrier, several men in light clothing have gone to bed. A young man is kneeling on the bed near the porthole, looking out of the window.

Glancing at his snoring father behind him, the boy moved carefully, trying his best not to disturb others' rest.

From the porthole he could see the brilliant lights of the cities along the river in the distance. He really wanted to go there to take a look, but when he thought about the tight financial situation of his father and son, accompanying his father on a cruise was his only option for the holidays.

I withdrew my gaze and saw only the dark river surface and the faint sound of waves outside the porthole.

Suddenly, a ray of blue light appeared in the darkness, reflecting on the surface of the river, flickering back and forth with the waves. The boy couldn't help but lean on the porthole, trying to see the true form of the blue light in the water.

The blue light flickered and fluctuated, exuding a sense of mystery, just like the scene from the superhero movie his father took him to the cinema to watch earlier this year.

“Why is there light in the water?”

The boy was so absorbed in watching that he was thinking of using his father's mobile phone to take a photo to record the scene, but he didn't notice that his knees, which were kneeling on the edge of the bed, were slowly sliding out of the bed.

Snapped!
The hull of the bulk carrier was shaking due to the water flow, and the boy fell directly off the bed.

"what!"

Covering his knees, the boy sat on the ground and howled.

This sudden scream woke up the others in the lounge.

Several shirtless, muscular men woke up drowsily, and the boy's father had already sat up.

"I told you to sleep inside, and now you're about to fall down."

While giving the boy a lecture, the man acted quickly, taking his hand away and checking the boy's knee injury.

"Does it hurt?"

"It looks like it's red, man, it's okay."

The pain eased, and the boy remembered the blue light he had just seen in the river.

"Dad, I just saw a blue light in the water."

Helping the boy sit back on the bed, the man took out a medicine box from the cabinet next to him.

The others in the lounge heard what the boy said, and with some annoyance at being woken up, someone threatened the boy:

"Be careful. If there's blue light in the water, it's a water ghost. Especially at night, it specifically preys on children."

"Hahaha."

After hearing what this person said, the others in the lounge started laughing and did not take the blue light that the boy mentioned seriously at all.

The boy's father applied some bruise medicine on his knees, patted his head and said:

"Don't listen to the uncles' nonsense. They are trying to scare you. Go to bed early."

"Go sleep inside."

Seeing the adults’ disapproval, how could a young man tolerate the distrust of others?

"Really! Dad, I just saw it with my own eyes. I wanted to take a photo with your phone and then I fell off the boat."

As the boy spoke, he grabbed the phone from next to his father's pillow, jumped off the bed and ran to the porthole.

It was pitch black outside the porthole, and the blue light he mentioned could not be seen at all.

The boy turned around and found his father standing behind him. He quickly raised his finger and explained to the outside:

"There really was a blue light outside just now. I wasn't lying, Dad."

The boy's father shook his head, yawned, and walked towards the bed with the boy.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes. Go to sleep now and don't disturb others to rest."

Wei Jiang had no idea what was happening on the water. He was staring closely at the area around the cockpit. The arc of light was becoming sparse and gradually disappearing into the walls of the cockpit.

This enhancement is about to be completed!

When the last ray of arc light disappeared, the text on the red panel returned to normal.

【Product name: Manta Ray Submarine】

[Introduction: Small manned underwater submersible, nuclear powered.]

(End of this chapter)